Venkataramanan

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Executive Director, eVidyaloka Trust

[MG 🇮🇳 @mgnayak5]

This book was published in 1916 by Benaras Hindu University...
Not available now. All the copies got destroyed. One copy was available in the library of California University, which has been digitised by Microsoft. It is a beautiful introduction to Hinduism, without any school affiliations. It is especially suited to youth. You may go through at leisure. It has 304 pages and share it further with your known younger generation kids. This is a rare book on “Sanatana Dharma” - Please READ and share it to our youth group as much as possible... https://t.co/pKkRmqtP6d

[Vineeth K @DealsDhamaka]

A harsh truth - Not generalisation, just observations ✍🏾

Indian parents in their 60s today are the loneliest generation we’ve ever produced❤️‍🩹

They raised us to fly. Now they sit in big empty homes waiting for us to land back. There is a quiet ritual happening in lakhs of Indian homes right now.

An ageing father, sitting at his desk with a small notebook. In it, dates and timings every video call his son made over the past year. 47 calls. Average duration 11 minutes.

He isn’t complaining. He is just keeping count. The way you do when something matters.

That image won’t leave me.

These are parents who never asked for much. They cooked for joint families their whole lives. Hosted relatives every weekend. Sent their children to coaching, college, abroad. Paid every fee. Made every sacrifice.

And then one day the house went silent.

The same house that had four people, then three, then two, then one most weekdays, because the wife is travelling to take care of the grandchild in Bangalore or the US.

They never tell you any of this on the call. They ask about your work. Your wife. The kid’s school. The weather in your city.

They never say “I miss you.” Because they’re from a generation that didn’t use those words even when their own parents were alive.

So they keep a notebook instead.

If your parents are in another city, please don’t wait for festivals to visit.

Show up on a Tuesday. For no reason. Stay for the weekend. Eat what amma cooks. Sit with nanna and watch the news without scrolling on your phone.

The notebook in their drawer will quietly add another entry.

And one day, you’ll wish you had added more. 🙏

[Venkataramanan @vensr2000]

@IndEditorsGuild Nonsense

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

Il rapporto tra India e Italia ha ormai raggiunto una fase decisiva. Negli ultimi anni, i nostri legami si sono ampliati con uno slancio senza precedenti, evolvendo da una cordiale amicizia a un partenariato strategico speciale fondato sui valori di libertà e democrazia, nonché su una visione comune del futuro.

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

LOL!!! “First in press freedom index” prime minister refuses to take questions from Indian reporters

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Yesterday was a long day.

I was called for questioning in connection with a case that I believed had no merit, and I attended the questioning to present my version. However, the police arrested me at 5.30 PM.

I was granted bail at 10 PM, and the Hon’ble Duty Judge clearly stated that he saw no offence in the case. He also said that he saw no mens rea and failed to understand why I had even been arrested.

Grateful to @RaviSharmaTalks and @sidcool2302, the wonderful lawyers who helped me through this.

Thankful to the many people, both online and offline, who supported me. I’m truly grateful. Of course, there are many who dislike you and use such opportunities to strike harder when you are down, but that’s fair game. It was your day, and you took it. I can take those blows and come back.

At times like these, one realises the importance of ideological support. The people who stood by me at the most crucial juncture were neither close friends nor relatives, but those with whom I am bound by ideology. And it delivered for me when it mattered most.

This incident has added many new layers of perspective, most importantly the ones we usually miss in the melee of day-to-day social media discourse.

I’ll write about the specifics of this case another day. For now, I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has been a well-wisher. I’m grateful.

Thank you for monitoring the situation.

[JIX5A @JIX5A]

Dabur India Limited sent Avaaniish Agarwal a legal notice. His crime you ask ? He picked up a Dabur Real Litchi, flipped it, and read the ingredients on camera.

[The Khel India @TheKhelIndia]

INDIA CONFIRMS A MEDAL AT THOMAS CUP 🥹

Our Indian boys have knocked out Chinese Taipei 3-0 & stormed inti the Semi Finals! 🔥🔥🔥

WATCH THE INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION! 🇮🇳❤️

[Venkataramanan @vensr2000]

@CaVivekkhatri One point - on down side does in make it a vulnerable military target, in this war driven era ?

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Open letter to Indians in America.
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Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat:

Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way.

Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned.

You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict.

Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect.

Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself.

As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal.

Respectfully
Sridhar Vembu

[Sann @san_x_m]

His name was V Rajaraman.

Born in 1933 in Erode, Tamil Nadu. Most Indians have never heard his name. Every Indian IT professional owes their career to him.

He studied physics at St Stephens College Delhi, then engineering at IISc Bangalore. Won a government scholarship to MIT. Got his PhD in 1961.

The world wanted him. He came back.

In 1963, a massive IBM 1620 computer arrived at IIT Kanpur. It was so large they had to break down a wall to bring it inside. It came on a bullock cart.

Rajaraman stood next to it and asked one question nobody else was asking.

What if India taught this as a subject.

In 1965, he launched India’s first Computer Science academic programme at IIT Kanpur. His first batch had 20 students. One of them was Narayana Murthy, who went on to build Infosys.

He designed the MCA programme that opened IT careers to an entire generation of Indian graduates. He chaired the committee that created C DAC to build India’s first indigenous supercomputers.

He authored 23 textbooks. Guided 30 PhD students. Won the Padma Bhushan in 1998.

He passed away on November 8, 2025. Aged 92.

India’s IT industry is worth 250 billion dollars today. He built the classroom it started in.

Follow for real stories India never makes headlines about.

[Broccoli @BroccoliChess]

Try not to say AWW challenge: IMPOSSIBLE 😭

[Venkataramanan @vensr2000]

@prukalpa @gauravmunjal Awesome

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu takes the stage and lifts the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates trophy at the closing ceremony 🏆🔥

#FIDECandidates #FIDEWomensCandidates #FIDE #Chess #Cyprus

[Praggnanandhaa @rpraggnachess]

Congrats to Vaishali akka! 🔥🔥Proud of what you have achieved! Inspiring to see how you handled the critical moments in the tournament! Happy to see the results for all the hard work!

[Ranjani Gayatri @ranjanigayatri]

Moments from our Kapali koil concert experience.
#bts #ranjanigayatri #raga #concert #temple #kapali #panguni #festival

[CENTRAL SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY @CentralSanskrit]

Central Sanskrit University is pleased to share the release of the latest version of VedaVaaNi (formerly RigVaaNi), a dedicated digital initiative aimed at making Vedic learning more accessible, authentic, and engaging.

The application now provides comprehensive access to the Krishna Yajurveda, including the Taittiriya Samhita, Brahmana, and Aranyaka, along with the Rigveda, offering a rich and reliable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners.

A notable feature of the app is its audio-synced teleprompter, where the text scrolls automatically in alignment with the chant. This enables smoother learning, improved pronunciation, and greater ease during recitation and study.

Key Features:
- Integrated audio-text experience for seamless recitation without the need for physical texts
- Authentic Devanagari source text with accurate Vedic accents
- Adjustable playback speed for personalized learning
- Free to use and completely ad-free

Download the app from the Google Play Store:
https://t.co/PfoGgJ0M1v

We encourage all learners and members of the Vedic community to explore this initiative and share it widely to support the preservation and dissemination of India’s timeless knowledge traditions.
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#CentralSanskritUniversity #VedaVaani #VedicLearning #IndianKnowledgeSystems #DigitalIndia #EducationForAll #EdTech #IndicKnowledge

[ChairmanIOC @ChairmanIOCL]

We would like to assure all citizens that there is no shortage of petrol or diesel.
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Unverified rumours can lead to unnecessary panic and supply disruptions.
Please avoid panic buying and trust only official sources.
Let us act responsibly and support seamless fuel availability for all.

#StayCalmIndia #TheEnergyOfIndia #IndianOil

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[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

Just blows my 🤯 that in the last few weeks @Airbound_Aero has delivered 700+ samples for @NarayanaHealth, one of India's largest hospital networks. ETA down from 1.5hrs to <4mins. Zero crashes. Revolutionary. The asymptote to 1M+ deliveries has started.

[छपरा जिला 🇮🇳 @ChapraZila]

घर की हालत देखकर पता चल रहा है कि कितना मेहनत किया होगा।